A subdomain is part of a web address which is under the main domain, for example name.example.com. From a technical perspective, even in www.example.com the "www" part is a subdomain given that the fully qualified domain name is just "example.com". Each subdomain could have its own site and records and can also be hosted through a different company if you wish to use some feature which isn't provided by your current service provider. A good example for using a subdomain is if you have a business website and an online store under a subdomain where clients can acquire your products. You can also have a forum where they can talk about the products and by employing subdomains rather than subfolders you'll avoid any probability of all sites going down if you perform maintenance, or update one of the site scripts. Keeping your sites separated is more secure in case of a script security breach.
Subdomains in Shared Hosting
If you obtain a shared hosting package from our company, you're going to be able to create subdomains easily through your Hepsia website hosting CP. We have decided not to limit their amount, so in case you host only one domain name in the account, you're going to be able to create as many subdomains as you wish and have a different site for each one of them. During the creation of a subdomain, you'll be able to choose the folder inside the account that it'll open, set up customized error pages, activate FrontPage Extensions and error logs, select a server shared IP address or a dedicated one if you have such, and much more. All hosted domains and the subdomains you create for them are going to be conveniently listed in alphabetical order in one spot and you'll be able to access a lot of functions for each one of them with right-click context menus - records, files, etc.
Subdomains in Semi-dedicated Servers
Our semi-dedicated servers do not have a set limit for the amount of subdomains you can create. Adding a new subdomain inside the account takes just a few mouse clicks within the Hepsia web hosting CP and throughout the process you can select the folder the subdomain is going to access if it is going to be different from the default one, set up custom error pages, enable FrontPage Extensions if you need them or create a dedicated IP address rather than the shared server one in case you have added such an upgrade to your semi-dedicated account. After the subdomain is set up, you will be able to access logs and visitor statistics or you can easily jump to the website files for it in the File Manager area using fast access buttons. All subdomains that you have in the account will be conveniently listed under their root domain, so you are going to be able to find and control any one of them easily.